Men More Distracted Than Women

A new study has revealed that the men are more prone to distractions in their car due to GPS systems than the women. The study involved 2500 Australian drivers, that had 17 percent of the men confessing to losing focus while using their GPS in the car.

This is quite a large number as compared to the 12 percent of the women, who were distracted while driving. "For some men the temptation to fiddle and change settings on their GPS can be too great," News.com.au quoted Mike Sopinski, corporate affairs manager for car insurer AAMI, which conducted the survey, as saying.

The major distractions were tape and CD players, with 42 per cent of drivers admitted being distracted while operating their tape deck, CD player or stereo. A 12 percent confessed that they were distracted by the MP3 player.

"MP3 players, in particular, have the capacity to store thousands of songs and music videos, potentially tempting drivers to shuffle through or sort their music library when they should be concentrating on the road," Sopinski said.

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